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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Malta	Switzerland	Canada
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	7,258	30,510
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	7,296	30,796
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	7,332	31,132
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	7,384	31,473
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	7,438	31,758
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	7,488	32,055
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	7,532	32,360
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	7,579	32,688
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	7,647	33,007
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	7,738	33,367
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	7,825	33,750
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	7,884	34,127
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	7,959	34,463
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	8,044	34,839
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	8,137	35,209
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	8,237	35,565
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	8,332	35,831
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	8,423	36,239
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	8,502	36,677
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	8,565	37,198
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	8,626	37,736
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	8,689	38,174
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	8,756	38,383
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	8,834	38,685

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Switzerland

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

Canada

1820-1850: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1851-70: O.J. Firestone, "Canada's Changing Economy in the Second Half of the 19th Century", NBER, New York, 1957, processed, amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870)
1870-1926: M.C. Urquart and Associates, ed., Gross National Product, Canada 1870-1926: The Derivation of the Estimates, McGill Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1993, pp. 11-12 and 24-5,
1926-1950: Statistics Canada, National Income and Expenditure Accounts, vol. 1, The Annual Estimates 1926-1974, Ottawa, 1975, p. 323. 1960 onwards from OECD, National Accounts.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.